PENGETAHUAN ORANG TUA TENTANG PENCEGAHAN COVID-19 PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DI DESA SANUR KECAMATAN DENPASAR SELATAN Ni Luh Putu Herlinda Prasetya Dewi Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Bali Email:[email protected] ABSTRAK Latar Belakang. Kurangnya pengetahuan pada anak usia sekolah dapat menyebabkan tingginya risiko terhadap penularan covid-19. Terdapat 101.049 kasus covid-19 yang sudah terkonfirmasi khususnya pada anak usia 7-12 tahun. Cukup tingginya kasus tersebut dapat dipicu karena kurangnya pengetahuan yang dimiliki anak. Pengetahuan orang tua sangat berpengaruh terhadap pengetahuan yang dimiliki oleh seorang anak. Metode. Desain penelitian ini deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional menggunaka 308 responden orang tua yang memiliki anak usia 7-12 tahun dan orang tua yang bisa membaca dan menulis dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Pengambilan sample menggunakan teknik probability sampling dan stratified random sampling. Alat pengumpulan data yaitu kuesioner pengetahuan orang tua. Hasil. Menunjukan bahwa pengetahuan orang tua tentang pencegahan covid-19 pada anak usia sekolah di Desa Sanur Kecamatan Denpasar Selatan mayoritas dengan kategori pengetahuan Baik yaitu 292 orang (94,8%), terdapat 11 orang (3,6%) memiliki pengetahuan cukup dan 5 orang (1,6%) memiliki pengetahuan kurang. Kesimpulan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan dapat disimpulkan bahwa Pengetahuan orang tua tentang pencegahan covid-19 pada anak usia sekolah di Desa Sanur Kecamatan Denpasar Selatan sebagian besar responden tergolong dalam kategori baik. Kata kunci : Anak, OrangTua, Pengetahuan, Pencegahan Covid-19

THE PARENTS’ KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COVID-19 PREVENTION ON SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AT SANUR VILLAGE SOUTH DENPASAR DISTRICT Ni Luh Putu Herlinda Prasetya Dewi Faculty of Health Bachelor of Nursing Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email:[email protected] ABSTRACT Background. Lack of knowledge on school age children can cause the risk of Covid-19 transmission. There are 101.049 cases have been confirmed on children especially 7-12 years. Those high cases are caused by lack of knowledge of the children. Parents’ knowledge really influences to the children’s knowledge. Purpose. To identify parents’ knowledge about Covid-19 prevention on school age children at Sanur Village South Denpasar District. Method. This research employed descriptive design with cross sectional approach. There were 308 respondents which were consisted of parents who had children aged 7-12 years and able to read and write in Indonesian Language. The samples were taken by using probability sampling technique and stratified random sampling. The instrument used was questionnaire about parents’ knowledge. Findings. The result of the research showed that the majority of the respondents such as 292 respondents (94.8%) had good knowledge about Covid-19 prevention on school age children at Sanur Village South Denpasar District. There were 11 respondents (3,6%) had sufficient knowledge and 5 respondents (1,6%) had less knowledge. Conclusion. It can be concluded that most of the parents have good knowledge about Covid-19 prevention on school aged children at Sanur Village South Denpasar. Keywords: Children, Parents, Knowledge, Covid-19 Prevention